Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite API Cost
A 5-second 720p Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite clip costs $0.11, against $0.15 at the official price. What you spend depends on resolution, length and how many takes you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.
- 5 s at 720p
- $0.11
- official $0.15
- 1 minute at 480p
- $0.88
- $6.13 at 1080p
- 100 × 5 s clips / month
- $10.94
- 720p
- Below official
- up to 27%
- failed runs: $0
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Try Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite — the price is on the button
Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.
Calculator
Calculate your Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite cost
Pick the resolution and clip length, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.
Per month · 100 generations
7.30
$10.00 at the official price
- Per clip
- 0.073
- Per kept clip
- 0.073
- Saved per month
- $2.70
- Saved per year
- $32.40
Live prices · failed generations are free
Cost drivers
What drives the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite API cost
5 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite API pricing page.
Resolution
The biggest lever. A 5-second clip costs 7.0× as much at 1080p as at 480p.
- 480p
- $0.073
- 1.0×
- 720p
- $0.11
- 1.5×
- 1080p
- $0.52
- 7.0×
Clip length
You pay per second of output. At 720p, each second is $0.0219, so one clip costs $0.022–$0.33 across 1–15 s.
Audio
No extra charge: Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite generates synchronized sound within the per-second price.
Task
Text to video and image to video cost the same: the input doesn't change the rate.
Takes you keep
Every successful clip is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 5-second 720p clip cost $0.33 instead of $0.11. Failed generations are refunded.
Real work
What videos cost with Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
Finished pieces priced end to end. One Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite request makes up to 15 seconds, so longer pieces are several clips; the short film budgets three takes per shot.
| Deliverable | Generations | Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt test | 1 × 1 s | 480p | $0.015 With a monthly plan: Max $0.014 | |
| Social clip | 1 × 10 s | 720p | $0.22 With a monthly plan: Pro $0.21Max $0.20 | |
| 15-second ad | 1 × 15 s | 1080p | $1.54 With a monthly plan: Pro $1.46Max $1.39 | |
| 1-minute explainer | 4 × 15 s | 720p | $1.32 With a monthly plan: Pro $1.26Max $1.19 | |
| 2-minute short film | 24 × 15 s (8 shots × 3 takes) | 1080p | $36.76 With a monthly plan: Pro $35.02Max $33.29 | |
| Daily social clips for a month | 30 × 10 s | 720p | $6.57 With a monthly plan: Pro $6.26Max $5.95 |
Monthly plans lower prices on most models (shown under each price); you can still pay as you go. Pro $499/month · Max $4,999/month.
Budgets
What a Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite budget buys
5-second clips per budget at each resolution, with the minutes of footage in brackets.
| Resolution | $10 | $50 | $100 | $500 | $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
480p $0.073 per 5 s clip | 136(11 min) | 684(57 min) | 1,369(114 min) | 6,849(571 min) | 13,698(1143 min) |
720p $0.11 per 5 s clip | 91(7.6 min) | 457(38 min) | 914(76 min) | 4,570(381 min) | 9,140(762 min) |
1080p $0.52 per 5 s clip | 19(1.6 min) | 97(8.2 min) | 195(16 min) | 979(82 min) | 1,958(163 min) |
Yearly difference
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite cost vs the official price
The same monthly volume at 720p, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).
100 × 5 s clips / month
$10.94
$15.00 official
$48.72 less a year
1,000 × 5 s clips / month
$109.40
$150.00 official
$487.20 less a year
10,000 × 5 s clips / month
$1,094
$1,500 official
$4,872 less a year
Compare
A 5-second 720p clip on other models
The same request on Grok Imagine models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest silent price for that resolution.
| Model | Tier | Cost | vs. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite xAI | 720p | $0.11 | — |
| LTX-2.5 Lightricks | 720p | $0.15 | +30% |
| PixVerse V6 PixVerse | 720p | $0.19 | +68% |
| Vidu Q3 Turbo Shengshu | 720p | $0.21 | +88% |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini ByteDance | 720p | $0.32 | +186% |
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Grok Imagine family | 720p | $0.34 | +209% |
Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.
Cost control
Keep Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite spend predictable
The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.
- Price it first.
POST /v1/quote/xai/grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite/text-to-videoreturns the exact price of any request, free. - Cap a request. Send
max_cost_usdand a request priced above it is refused without charge. - Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
- Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
- Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.
FAQ
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite API cost questions
Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite is developed by xAI. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.